New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-04-10
SOCIALISM AND ANARCHY.
WHAT THEIR ADHERENTsA ARE DOING HERE.
WHY THEY DISLIKE EACH OrHER-MOsT THE ENTIRE


III tutso udyb VI AudICuy Tampdub anu DVOi"i-
ism run mad-ata time when the advocates OF
new order of things can throw $4,000 votes IN
Chicago,-people in this city are naturally inter-
ested in knowing the real strength of the followers
Of Marx and the friends of Most here and also the
dangers from their organizations, we'll ns their
movements, methods plans, theories and, in short,
all about them that is of interest.
just at this time also, and by q curious coinci-
dence. the two parties are keeping strict watch
over each others doings. John Most is enjoying
his usual vacation out of Jail that Is the explana-
ton. He is a frebrand and would enjoy setting
the Socialist camp on fire inst keenly some OF
his sympathizers enjoyed burning building some
years ago in order to collect the insurance some
costly furniture that they had hired with that OBJ
iect withdrawing the furniture secretly of course.
before setting fire to the building. Capers like
this, Mosts bloodthirsty speeches. faring edtorI-
ais and books Oh assassination and the general
murderous and threatening tone of Anarchist
meetings and doings have placed the Anarchists
far above the Socialists in the eyes Of The public
as objects of danger the unknowing and as spec
tacles for curiosity to tho knowing There are not
/ 900 Anarchists In this city, that is, of the
Most "blatherskite type. Most is the backbone
of his party and without him the party is like
ship without pilot, though with him as skipper
the seems to run afoul of Blackw ellis Island
occasionally 1t appears to be pointing that way
again. IL the recent utterance5 Of John at Cooper
Institute TO DO considered seriously. He
howled out. while chasing his red nose around the
stage through the tobacco smoke as If he
running to fire through the fog. thathe was 60
ing to keep right on making war that Infamous
trinity. those imps Of he'll. Capitalism. the
Church and State" That is practically the plat
form Of the Anarchists; they want 10 eradicate
all forms Of government and live apart In groups
without any restraining influences. Decentraliza-
ton is their governing idea. One big Anarchist pat
the question before the writer feelingly the other
day. Said he:
eff We Chermans lives IN town NIT n lot OF
Frenchmens und dose Frenchmsns don't like beer.
haf dey got any right to say dot We shant drink
beer, or We to dem dot dey must drinks be,rf Nein;
We settles eferyting by living apart We knows
chust vot We wants but efervbody seems to thinks
dot We needs q b0liceman's club"
The Anarchists base their theory on Herbert
Spcncer's The True State of Man. and The
TRIBuNE's informant kindly admitted thatIt would
be about fifty years before society would reach
that educated condition in which argument alone
would DO needed to govern all.
VISIT TO JOHN Mosr's OFFICE.
Such ideas as these arc fair examples OF what the
average Anar chst here believes is necessary IN
regulating the worlds conduct. Bnt the difference
between their theory and practice can be illus
trated no better than by paying visit to John
Most's newspaper office. No. 167 William-st. The
Office on the third floor b ok and Il reached by
rckety stairs. the way Is pointed out by flaming
red posters bearing IN broad German type the word
"Freiheit" The office is n small. dingy room aud
ITS walls 70 sprinked with lurd representations
OF homie ides, street g1ts. pictures OF sc0nndrols
who were hanged or boheldei and other things
suggestive OF tho Anarchlstic mode of warfare
Everything of importance TO the Anarchists. and
to the police rs pannedhere Most is ed chief
and he Is assisted by Herman Schwem. alias John
SChuIfZp ne No r ~ N glrf of
child of Mosts ana has followed his fortunes.
He came forward abolt twenty years ago in SsxOny
a disciple of Ferdinand LaSsaue and made a
great name for himself as an asititor prisoner aud
member of the ReIchstag. ffe was expelled from
SaxOnv, Austria. Prussia aud England and his oa-
per was suppressed IN each country. When he was
let out Of prison Eng he here about 1882
Since then he has been sending his per regularly
to Germany and other countries. The paper haste
be sent the bamboOs of crates and also inside of
books from which IL Is dug out. for IL would lie
confiscated at once in Germany. Letters. from
the name which Schweln takes. for they would be
seized in Germany n IL should DO known for
whom they are intended.
Most has spent eight years of lis life In prison
and he seems to DO pretty we'll adapted by expert
ence to lead his crowd here Let any QUO go To the
meetings ut No 1874 East Seyenth-st. Saturday
nights and hear tho tax INDUCED in II he wants
to know what Anarchists think of things IN general
This Is the principal meeting place OF ho Anarchists
auspices Of the International Workingmens
Association" as the Anarchists would be known.
Their organization ~ divided into groups ana the
principal one meets herr.
Don't let the police make a fricassee Of you" IL
ono choice maxim spoken there lately. Another
man cid that Most was right when he argued that
killing q policeman was not murder, for. as Most
maintained murder was killing human being
and who ever knew policeman to BIO human
being. There Is always a good ATTENDANCE at the
meetings and the barkeeper always makes money
on saturday night, for who ever heard Of an An
archist meeting whers there was no beer. Braun.
schweig Schenck, Rosensweig, Wilky. August
Schlag, beer seller. and Others are speakers
Justus schwab, the beer seller was once great
light among them. but he made money
20 retired Sohenct once admitted that he
himself was out Of work but three DAYS
during his ten years in this country. bat no
an Anarchist simply because the sight of so much
mi sery made him angry. Braunschweig. the otl.er
fellow prisoner with Most, ~ known outside of his
prison experience as the man who wants to hang
reporters. Wilky Is an Anarchist the same
principle as the boy who had fits because he could
not help it. and Schlae is treadIng IN Schwabs
footsteps. Other Anarchists who speak here are
known only to tho cruel police and a few Others.
To cnumerate he meeting places OF the friends Of
Most would necessitate giving a pretty good list
small halls like Beethoven Sanger and BrechCs,
Germania Hall In Avenue A. and The Germania
Assembly Rooms in the Bowery. At the latter
place the Anarchists with all their groups often
have dances Sundays and here are to be found
refugees Of the Commune and few Nihilsts who
are, of course, ut home with tho followers OF the
red flag.
SOCIALISTS AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT CLASS
The Socialists are by far the more important
party of the two. The party includes men OF edu-
cation and untirng energy and mon who arc I'M
auestionably devoted to their party's interests
They are thoroughly and systematically organized.
Their watchwords are "Agltate. educate and or
ganize' The National party is divided INTO sec
tons, each city representing ctlon. Each city
has its subdvlsion into sO-called locals In this
city there seven locals. The party is under
the mana cement Of National executive committee
composed Of nine members and a secretary and thcy
have room at No. 172 Flrst-ave They are re-
sponsibie to the party. which they consult as To
every step and to which they report everything
done through tho secretary. W. L.. Rosenberg:
through various viclssltudes finally reached solid
basis in 1872 when the International Congress at he
Hague transferred to this city tho GeneIal Coun-
chi of the association Large numbers Of French
refugees, Communists, also gave the movement a
great impulse. From thattlme on Social SIN spread
q hrou rno tho cnuntru Mr. Rnanuhnrn